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EVENING PUBLIC, LEDGER PHILADELPHIA, SATURDAY, MAR-)H 30.
1918
re ;haig seems to have this kid hindenburG hanging to the well-known ropes
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PMJGIE, HOLD-OUT AGAINST
PING BACK TO MAJOR LEAGUE,
HAS EBBETS ON THE HOT GRID
Icrer 'Mosrul. Stunc
jy&iract, Would Pass It
Replace Jake
fARRY LAJOIL, linsliari a plcturvtic titanium career. 11c figured In ono
l Jk4 of the game's erf utcst Juinrlng contests shortly tiflt r breaking lnlo
fi'Uii gamo with the Phils M u tlmu
J'fttcnt day wasn't l)orn, and lint enjojed many other niK-ups and nils-
Mil
pft, Ho was a heart-breaker as a
o w
on, a supposed dcntl one gone from tlio bis ilng for good he slugcd
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memorable come-back 'which nitido
Urns again thin ye.ir.
. 'But Lnrr' Is holding out now
hlon. Ho Is rebellious ugulnst going
JCttV pungent remarks In the diicction
M
i.J'jMorn him with the llcry of his esteemed Dodger. The ctcr.tn Is giving
p3& lively exhibition of dodging tho Dorigora and the Insltlo Indications nru
(i'j, lhlcrestlnpr He may be wanted vrr.v bidly by the Uroohlj n owner, um the
, V avJiatllng facts or near-facts plalnl) tend to show
H'if But befo-." getting In the 1111I11 narmtivo It mav lit- remarked that
lw''fiarry lias a perfectly good complaint If his statements arc true, and the
KJ i TTtteran's reputation for cracll It excellent. lie sa)s llul Indianapolis,
Ft, fc.tnlnor Icaguo club, hits offered him
f"? Charles Kbbetsj that he should hao
Ey nce and reputation to play where ho
i Word to the president of tho Indianupolis club that ho would play with him
if tho International "blew.' l.ajolo has appealed his c-ap and in outlining
5-or lining out his complaint has the following to observe:
V' "All that I want Mm a fair deal If l!ioohl)ii olfcrcil me iinslhlng like
tho salary which has been offticd bj Mr, McGIll It would not be so bad.
t)Ut there is no comparison between tho two offt rs 1 gdn in) word to
McGUl that I would do business with him Just as soon ns It was decided
that Toronto would not operate. I thought, natural!), tli.it then I would
be ,a, freo agent and ut liberty to pla where t liked Mr. McGIll and
tifmyself did not talk tho matter over
7 -tkno Toronto had not sent me a contract
ltVtnkract did arrle It was cut. This docs
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ig wjnjuilfe II liciuiaiik iui iiitni luni (.cdsun. , nv v. .-Miiiiinai'.Mi ,inj w viuv ,,i.,i
i -my ealo to Brookljn Is a fair transaction to inc. but it cannot mnkc me
Mar ball there."
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THE last lines of Lairj s statement arc eloquent. Tlit cunllrm
tho ancient &aw that ion tJn lead a hornc to water but joi
can't make him Imbibe. And failure to accept Dodger terms might
altogether change tho plans of Uncle I'll tries Kbbcts for the
season, as will appear below.
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Dmm in Jnwflnt 71mt,ll.
u l lull iv jit;fiMii; Lsiinui.1 i ft mi iui t-fty i i.ni.fiifftf
rPHB Impression has been gaining ground for t-oino time that Mogul
.fif Charles Hercules Ubbcts had a lather stubborn plan of procedure In
;yew, or rather that he was In a fettled frame of mind regarding ono moro
or less Important subject this season, tho same being war lliianec. Ho has
pn nice, large contract left on his hands, the sanio coming down from Ted
al League dajs when tho boosting was good, and said tontract happens
to cover a plaer of doubtful ulue.
J The plajcr In c.ucstiou is none other than Jako Datibcit, who had .i bad
season last jear on account of an Injured leg. Daubcrt has ono moro jear
'to run on his $9000 pay emclopt, and tho cldent opinion of Owner l'bbcts
ia that nobody Is worth that mut.li In these times. In iuv of tho general
ltuatlou ho had rather liae homebodj else pay the Mini in question this
''season. Ho would fain pass tho baseball buck, as it were.
t,ajoio plajed llrst base last season in Jam-up stjlc, he showed con-
clusUely that he stilt li.itl the goods', both as a Holder and as a cioutir.
Kbbcts llgurcd, perlmps, that I.arrv would be crazy to get li.uk Into tho
big show find would bo pacified with at least half the Mini he would hato
to pay Daubcit. Also tho fact Is well known that AVnghmau would liko
,'o get Daubert, salary and till, a.id, taken along with the possibility of ono
rc. xr moro piajcrs ocnie; lurncu uwi iu
3J " Wauslble deal Is suggested. ccgnman may nac more mini in uinciug
J 'ai'a promoter of coma-backs than Ubbcts and possibly ho Is more willing
to loosen ud. In anv c:nt. ho wants
'" likely that a iilg deal Is In piospcct.
lllht upon tho general situation at l!rookln, which Is one of clear cut war
economy and no mistake.
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IF THC general narratUc set out has a real basis, Lajolo is In a
regular Buck Horzog holdout position, lie has a delln.to prlo
of a salary offer, said to bo tho biggest ccr made a minor leader;
he has Hbbcts squirming ocr a $9000 tontract with un uncertain
plajcr and he has the dear old plow
Sanunec Ducks liayonct and Knocks Out Bochc
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t TTNCLtJ SAM'S war trainers knew
XJ boxing as a regular camp athletic training and commandeered tlio
country's best fistic artists to show the bojs how to handle themselves in
the ring game. Tho reason that such emphasis was placed upon boxing
Fwag that tlio movements una principles
p fa tnose empioyeu in oajonci worn.
Ij, jr Keccni woru irom nie trciu-ncs
Wj training, for it tells or .t sainmco
l. ii'n.uinr- nklitn the bnnet of a bochc
flat for a knockout. Here Is the account of how It happened:
c "On February 18 a patrol ottKrenth and American soldiers went oer
4hn inn to Insnect somo (icrmau wire. They hadn't gone far when tho
P-y. Germans, surprising them, opened
Kf-ifid, returned tho lire, forcing tho
r. .-4 i nii..f.a w.nn inn f:rrm.iriM
"iventin of escace. ono turned and wltli
eJ? Yankee. Quick as a (lash tho United States soldier put his knowledgo of
t iioxing Into play, brushed asldo the bajonet and, unablo to use his own,
V& i 'truck out tvlth his right hand. It landed flush and knocked tho German
cold. Boxing saved this American boj'a life"
BOXING Is bound to get a 'big boot as a result of tho war. It
will not bo tho prqfesslonal ganjo that will get the biggest im
petus, however, but tho amateur variety. Boxing for tho sport
arid athletic and war benefit Is certain to come Into Its own at last.
Herzog Case Works Out According to Schedule
P LATEST reports be true, Buck Hcrog's holdout program Is coming
, ftirniitrh an ner Buck's usual schedule. This scheme of ccttlnir "nlncers"
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I HO Hie UIIICJ ikiiu it m i hu...w
i bout for a long while. Ho has been
,1 U Uljnn
I I JmOBC as inreuauaie ua mu muutn
1 1 expecting it.
According to a story drifting up
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I tailings stated recently mat no naa nccn uirHppoinicu in not getting an-
fl i ther infleldcr In tho trade as he expected, and now McGraw, so It appears,
", '' as allowed the removal of Infielder Krank Smith to go as a part of tlio
rifle rather than as a separate sale.
A i-iih the bonus balm and then Herzog
finances are concerned, and will
tlaoine atago of the fcasonUo get
1 1 asset.
Dode Grows in Grace With Cub Scribes
JEf slad stuff relating to'Dodo PaBkert and his eMibcranco comes from
"tho California Cub camp In bundles. To read tho Chicago papers ono
tukt, conclude that the Wecghman
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r and, Pat Moran wish they had
irul enough to draw comparisons between Dodo and Cy Williams
Invariably give tho former e-uo,
t. the worst of IU Even Mitchell
What a dlfferenco between JVIUIams and PaskertI Dodo Is a real
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rr oecauso ne iinowa now iu luun. uu mo ire mm is iiuiciv 10 ihko
of opportunities. Jle olso
bavelub a winner. Ho Is a clever
and. how to lilay for the different men. Ho can go back and net
; aa4 can come Jn for them, which Is something Wllllamj was unable
I am euro tho Cub fans will
playing this summer,"
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'mnryfcAND, or mo worm cnampion vviiuo box, intends to
rjjwdo Rtcberg all season.
LJMian lavor oi jmc-uuuiii
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With Danherl-'s flon-
Along to Cubs and
With Larry
when tho average bull pluvor of the
manager with the Indians, mid last
him grntrull) sought by big league
and he Is holding out in an original
bath to the big leagues and directs
of t'nelc Charles llbbcts. who would
a much better salar) than has Undo
the right as a pla.M r of his eperl-
pleases, and that ho has given his
until nfter Mart.li 1, mid up to that
for the coming season. When tho
not teem to bo a just reward after
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mu iuu,iv;i-i m vuu I'n.huui, a ii'--uj
Daubcrt and It Is not altogether un-
Tho case of JSacli Wheat brows somo
a thing or two when thc adopted
oi iuo gaiuu were allogenics- .similar
hhuw niu i-uc-vi ui uu .si.-tiviuu ui
cnipiojmg ino wen-Know n siuesicp,
and lauding on him witli tho frco
flic. Tlio Yankees fell to the ground
Germans to retreat As they did our
worn i iirnrrril ntul i ntililn l nr i.ti
his bajonet ehaiged tho oncoming
tu .nmntlitni. thaf D11..I. 1. ... lmn.. ..
." u'titu.tiinft ...uv juiv iiua niiunu
able to work tho old trick until It is
Vr.ll atllnt T . aT.o l.AAn.. 1 1..
1, ai,i. ., wina i.wau&u nuouuy
rrom tne boutu, both stallings and
nnff tn mnlrtt t h Kl. .lool wn .I.... ...,.
u.ww . . .... ,iiu wit, U..UI faVJ imi uubii.
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Stallings will hac to como through
will bo fixed for tho season us fur
have to rely upon Jumping tho fenco
well lelnstated with tho papers 'as a
forces have unearthed a phenom who
IliA tnlfVfiru nurl ti.nlsm np-ol.l...,
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neer been bom. Cub scribes aro
now leiireu or uoiuing out or some-
chimes In, saying In part:
lias tne necessary ngntlng Instinct to
placr In the Held because ho know.i
notice a decided Improvement In the
1?luhlrr nt Vtfol '
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Itlsberg Id a shortstop, but lie wua
otlho ui mc luticrti uniting SKI11.
,, can piay ,uri oao nu win do reauy to jump into
, te'iaie the'lattra kiM8 gfi buck on him. IUsberg) '
HUjMltAfWW'na Ilowtond aaya.h ,
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WlSM VOO'O 5EMO
Mf GOLF CtUBi UP
To THE CLU8 WITH
ORDERS To tvJt?
Thcisa Put ifj lPc'
PfiETeNOlUt
IT JOST
OCCURRED
To Htivt
A'S PRACTICE
DFPITF Cm I
oruEi LmLL
Raw Weather M akes
Things Disagreeable for
Regulars and Recruits
PERRY IS ON THli .1 0 II
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.lilt I.MHM III?, llu., .Mai Oil J?
All olil-fntlilon espeileiuo nitMIng,
"Kit tlio entire cl.-s pri -ent and leader
Mack presiding, was held In tlio iltib
liouto on Koo Field jeslenlay .itttr
lioon. It wan .1 Rfl-tuKethtr ses-lmi,
with tlio reading of tlio riot ail bj
rhlcf .Mark on the side la tbe er
iiaculnr of tlio gam", a iiingrog.iilon
of placers for tnh u purpose to some-.ill-it
aptly sttril "skull" praitUe I'.ut
esterd.i's session bad more slgiiiflciurp
than Just to eoaeli tlio plaers in plas
and signals
Mack madu It plain to some of tin
men that the period of sophomore
pranks and tricks had passtd, and
henceforth h? expected eery one to get
down to serious business I'mlrr or
dinary conditions Mack It docile as a
doc, but when eonxlncfil that the time
lias icime when patlcneo i cafes to be
a lrtuc be fill bring Into pluy a K is
attack so doadl that all niasK pnnec
tloiis are useless After jestenlas
mtftlng was adjuiirned It Is safe to
assume lb it ier plaer who felt In
any degreu culpable was detpH Ini
liressed with the old saw that a word
to tho wleo Id sulllii-ut
McAoj the Mainstaj
Xo doubt elsts now that 3I.uk will
call upon McAu.y to latch a big ni i
jorlty of his games this .ir. The big
Maskman, who was J.iok Iiunn's main
stay back of the bit In Baltimore last
car. should compile faoiably with
tho best backstops in tlio Junior league
Mark has been so Impressed with bis
work hero that hf bcllees li will
proNo about the best catcher that eer
handled a mitt for hlni at hhlbo Park
He Is a like, easy rcceher and a true,
swift pegger and, furthermore, Is a
bird, opportune hitter Last seat In tlio
International League he swatted for a
splendid average of 313. Mc.Woj iiiught
his first full game of the jear against
the riratcs on Thursday and showed
himself to bo In prime condition.
Cady Is Not Tit
farty. the btg backstop obtained in
tho Hoslon dal. does not appear to be
in tho best of londitlon and. although
be Is anxious for work, Mack belletos
It best for hlni and the Interest of the
club to keep him out of the gamo until
later. In tho meanwhile. Perkins will
doubtless bo urst-ald to Me.Uoy back
of the plate.
It will not take Pcott Perry, tho big
twlrler purchased from Atlanta, long to"
get In condition This was mado evident
jesterdav afternoon when be appeared
on the field In uniform. Although the
weather was far from propitious, be
started to warm up as it it were mid
July. Mack admonished hlni to ease up a
little when he began to wing them oer
for the batsmen In the hitting practice
In explanation of his uso of so much
stuff right at the start Perry raid that
he bad been taking light work for about
a week beforo ordered to report here.
loiter It was learned from Terklns,
who caught Perry for two joars In At
lanta, that tho big fellow Is always In
good condition. Perkins aers bo could
pilch a gamo hi midwinter and that
many a tlmo In Atlanta he has seen him
walk from tho clubhouse to tho box and
start to pitch without any preliminary
warm-up. Perry neer has b'en troubled
with a sore arm, (ho bane of most
pitchers.
Hard Day for the A's
Yesterday was a very poor day for
practlco and there was no real hard
work and slight evidence of pep. It was
especially hard on the pitchers' arms
and not one except' Perry used enough
speed to break a looking glass, l'ahey,
Watson and Adams are all nursing lame
wings and esterday they were ery
chary of the uso they made of them and
not one of the three threw a ball except
when bundled In a big macklnaw. liven
the eteran Gregg was careful of his
left-handed salary-earner.
Stallings Calls 'Km Down Hard
Citors 8tlllnu In iinrrlle In calllns
down u player nnd la erltlclxlnr liU vvork
'A fellow tnadfi a bbbbla oneo vvhlln
Btalllma on watchlns- from ths bench,"
said Krd Mitchell. 'Look at that boob.'
nald btalllim 'What a boneheadl No. ho
ln t a boneheadj hla head la rvada of Krupp
' 'He ought to be ahpt. I ouclit to shoot
Mm rlfbt now. If.l had a sun I'd set him
mM
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.k, An. Ka-a a r. .hi IhmiuTh IU., .bill
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'"And -vjh- send my Alices
DOtAJM TO THC .SHOP AMD
Ten. cm To Tut jomf
NEW vSPlKL'i IM TueM
ANt) GST OUT rf CiCLf
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JACK TARRANT, 16
j 0F SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS, ONE OF
THE MOST PROMISING GOLFERS
Swims, Hunts and Plays Baseball and Tennis,
but Prefers Royal and Ancient Game.
Has a 73 to His Credit
Hj CHAKLKS (CHICK) UVANS, Jr.
I.N KAN AMU.Ml) lltes 01
most pumicing bov golfc:
ono of tho
pinniMng bov golfers of the
eotiutrj. Ills ii line is Ink Tarrant,
and ho will not be seenteen eais old
until nest month, but already bo has
m tdo an cnxliblo rciord In bis own
htati
Not so many Pebruarbs ago I Joiir
iieed down to tho great Mite of 1 e.as
to t.iku part In a Houston t iiiinameiil.
'J hem some oC the cull inN from Sum
Antonio told me of .1 wnirleiful Utile
thip from their town who was beadid
light In golf blnce Hut time the story
of that voting Southern lids aciom
PIMiiiiciiUi his traveled otr all North
America.
Young Jack has hid a line start He
lomes of a golfing famllj. Ills father
Is stiretarv and treasurer of tho San
Antonio I'ountry Club, and his brother . llnuiton v rote mo about tho tournament.
I reil has been ihaiuploii of Texas, win- 'The most Interesting thing that ban
ning the title b defeating lleorgo Uo- pened hero Is the soting llfleen-s ear-old
tan, a line golfer whom wo all know, lr Jack Tarrant from San Antonio
and who hid held tbn championship lie canin heio and attended bis llrst
for four sueicsMvo seats tournament and plavcd all tho old-thneis
,, ,, . ,, -,, x.. off their feet After his thrilling match
licg.m MICH Itc Mas -Mne - with tho foniiuodoro on Priday he came
.lack plavcd bis llrst game
lit th .ice of nine vr.irs. und .im
of coif
been lonsldircd the Ideal n,e for be-
glnu ng golf we tie that Jack was one
up at tin stait About all he reiiiim -
bem of Hut i ally pi rind of his golfing
career Is that he did bis pit lug with
au old drlvir about forts -live Inches
long it Is amusing (o lr to visualize
a joungster plaslng with a club about
as long as himself Mj- own wooden
clubs measure about foit$-two Inches.
loung Tarrant plavs almost all the
other games, too baseball, a little foot-
nun lennis .um lie also siwnis, Hunts anil . iltm shot. e
fishes, but ho prtfers golf. Ho s-asa Su far the joung Texas boy lias done
(and mas his n marks reach Mr tVecgh- tn, UIUi t, his oppoitunltles to play,
man and other notables or the gamo) : "I encouraging surroundings and great nat
find golf very useful In plaslng hill r., ability ho ought to bciomo ono ol
S-onuhow It gives jou confidence that ' Hie great piajcrs of tho eountr-.
DOC BURNS GIVES SUFFERING
HUMANITY BENEFIT OF VIEWS
Giant Outfielder Offers
Free Obesity Treat
ment, but Is Shy on
A d v i c2 Regarding
Baldness
BALI
we
eaknesscs and afflictions Just like
ordinary human beings, and somo of
them have more than one. Uoorgo Burns,
Ulant star outfielder, gets In the double-
header class. If reports from Marlln are I
true. Oeorgo Is both fat and bald, If a
New York scribe Is a regular historian,
but he Is not worn lug. He Is stoical
and hoping for the best, and he Is cer
tain ho can remedy ono tingle of the
dilemma, Ho can edit or censor his bay
window, but making hair come back Is
altogether another proposition.
According to the writer In question,
Doc Uurns Is willing, out ot sjnipathy,
to give tho result of his experiments in
removing the excess adlose tissue to a
suffering humanity And he does so an
follows wo quote both scribe and med
ico) "'Do not drink water when jou aro
thirsts-.' sass Mr. Burns in what ta vir
tually Jlule 1 of his war on obesity.
"Apparently a man may drink all tho
water ho chooses when he Is not thirsty,
but we submit this would be a strango
undertaking unless there was something
In It to give a little life to tho part)-.
Neither must ono drink two houra beforo
of two hours after one's meals, accord
ing to Doctor Burns.
" 'Water feeds the expiring fat In one's
stomach organs,' sass the famous phy-slclan-left
fielder, 'and when one Is
thirsty that Is the sign that tho fat In
one's system Is crvlng for' aislitance,
'"Partake only lightly of food and do
not eat between meals according to the
young' M D. Kxerclse about as much
as u good union left fielder exercises and
hi a few weeks' time the fat will begin
to disappear and one will look as stylish
and symmetrical as u,Hhubert grenadier
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MAN!
"mculo aoENce ,
S TMrT VOU PCAR.
YeS THIS IS 'HENRY
HOWS l;VCR'THIJ6
JU.5T CALLCD UP
To SCC. MovaJ YoU'C
FCCLIrJCi" '
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BfiGM AVAJFOl. QOSY
PLORH.Y- VEKY
I'SA MOT FdCLIfOG
VCRY eWCLU WHAT
, HAXC YbU BeeisJ
TJOlWCi T"
tVBtedtl I .aKVSii 1
"IF IT WCCD5 ANY The. maw rts. i&J. Htnc 'Z,. I k
?Rei5.MG OK iOMC- Mwi FOH. The uci J f V. &
THIM&- WHY Co V" j r Yes I L "
LOOlV AT MfiwcMCR CpM.J
Too - Yew sOfj ' j L-'Kf'
- YEAR - OLD BOY,
Sou t in knock the lull a ml In wide, ami
It helps ou to keep vourejo on the- ball
during iverv pti i,d In bitting, golf
muscles help sou swing a bat
73 for Home Course
Most of J.u k's golf has been plavcd on
his lioini course win re he has made T."
In tho Teas ch iiiiplonshlp of Pin he
was in ttched In the tournament against
t'oiiiniodore Hiard, a famous 'leau coii
Hltlerablv ptst lifts, who plavs marvelous
c.olf Young Tairant plavcd tho last
ii I in holes In par and it was lint until
the twentieth liolo that bo was defeated
It was a lino exhibition of golf and
nerve, and not until the nialih was over
did the voung boy break down, and his
loval little negro (addle, no bigger thin
a minute, cried bltterls. A friend from
'nek on Saturday for the i lub pairs and, I
s''1' hole, ho made a 75 and won the
i trophv He had re.uhed tho semifinal
1 lound and had nude live lonsecutlvc
I '5- r" Houston flub was so pleased
with bis good golf and his great courage
that It picsetitcd him with a handsoino
watch "
This tributo ho considers tho moH im
portant and pleasant thing that evr
happened to hlni.
1IU favorite club Is tho driver: his
most dlfllcult shot is "a high uildlron
J
GEORGE IJURNS
'"I here Is ono nice thing about George's
advice It ls,easy to follow In Martin.
The hole! management will seo to.lt con
scientiously that no man overeats on his
fctay here.
'On the matter of, baldness Doctor
Burns speaks w Ith less authority, since
ho has been unable as et to rectify his
own case. But he submits that sunshine
Is good for tho head, and for that reason
he Ii.ih cut tho top out of his baseball
cap, through which tho bald spot winks
at one, It sometimes looks as though
Uesrgle were carrslng a cantaloupe Mi
his bat.
"This seems to bo a lot of unnecessar)
trouble. Many people, particularly col
lege ball plasers, solvo the .difficulty by
losing their caps whenever they round
llrst base. That gives tho sun a clianco
to vvoik for tlireo bases, but apparently
Doctor Burns never went to college."
FOUR WOMEN STARS
IN frlNEHURST MATCH
rlntlmrat. S, C. March 3Q.-Mrs. C.
II. Vanderbeck, uf Philadelphia, whom
Miss Alax A, Stirling .succeeded as na
tional champion, Is now, at Plnehurst
and will tak part today Mn a match
whlrh bids fair to rival In Interest the
finish of the open championship tourna
ment started yesterday.
Mrs. Vanderbeck will play In partner
shlD with Mrs. Dorothy CamntsU Hurd.
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MAIN PACKS IP
AND STEALS AWAY
Phil Twirler Differs From
Arab, Making Depar
ture in Morning
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KUBE WADDELL
M. l'rtrrsburg, 1 In , March 30.
A lussterlous riisappcaraiico Is dis
turbing tho smooth, even How of rou
tine In tho Phll-tdelphla camp today.
Miles Main, tho skssuapcr pitcher
hurled from tho Loulsvlllo team, failed
to appear at Coffee Pot Park all dav
sesterdd-, though tho plasers rcpoi ti d
tint ho wan up early and siting In the
lobby of tho hotel when tfiey canie
down to breakfast. When tho Phils
rcturncu to tneir uiiict m tno evening
tho ileik reported that Mtlu had left'
for Jacksouvllla ca..y In tho uiorulug
It was then discovered that ho had
brought his plaslng shoes and other
duffle in from tho park and had taken
this stuff with hjm. lilts makes It
look llko picking up for a permanent
sta,v
Why Main left is a deep mjstcry lo
everjbody but tho elongated pitcher
lilmoll- II,. ..I1 liotliltifr In At.jiini-j.1.
In tho face of all the evidence tie aie
abb lo githir it Just looks llko ono of
those eccentric actions for w tilth the
widely known Hubs Waddell was ever
noted Main had created a favorable
Impression la bis work hero and his
loss would bo one that Moran's i rippled
pitching force would feel severe)-.
1'iti Pleases Moran
Justin ritzgerald, tho speedy Utile
outfielder fiom the Pacific Coast League,
participated In both workouts at Coffco
Pot Park, l'ltz ia a sawed-off little
Iilshmaii, who looks llko a second edi
tion of Willie Keeler. Her bits left-handed,
throws with light arm and appears
to have tho samo infallible. c)e up thcie.
at tho plate that Keeler possessed. Mor
al! Isitlckled pink with his first Impres
sion of this fast peppery llttlo plaser.
livers- season, jear III and sear out.
Fitzgerald has been anion tho swat
ting leaders of the Pac.lio Coist League ,
iisuallv- mauling tho missile up round
tin. 3.10. and ho Is by far tho fastest man
on the bases that the toast circuit hid
ver had Tho one thing that has kept
him out of tho big It igues was a weak
throwing arm. the lesult of a football
incident Then Just as his arm was com-
- "EL . J' n JM. .V..&
o II-.WIUH ".-. --.. .'"'"-
season In 3lt. .M tue lime ot tins
Injury. ho was so far ahead In stolen
bnses that it took tho other pla)ers In
the league a full month to catch him.
.Muesel Also Looks Good
Tho Phils were lucky in securing
Fltigcrald Just at a tlmo when both
these ailments appear to bo pennanent-
lv cured In Muesel and Fitzgerald
Moran has secured two ot tlio best
looking new out fielders that have come
In tho league In sears.
Moran has sent a telegram to Cy Wil
liams In an effort to Induce the long
legged slugger to consent to play ball
this vear, and If 'Williams reports tho
chances ure that an effort will be made
to trade George Whltted for a pitcher
of (lass.
With Cravath. Williams, Muesel and
Kitzgonljd In line, Moran will have tho
best lilttlne and mot efficient out.
Held ho has had since taking command
of the league club, und cun well dls-
pense with the services of Whltted. It
Is In the pitching depargneut that tho
WMiied "for'a Xh?r,,oBfn?.U
of Whltted for a pitcher of tho class
of Jim Vaughn, "Left)" Cooper, Dick
Rudolph or Jess Barnes would mean a
decided acquisition In strength for the
Phils and a team at Broad and Hunt
ingdon streets that will gjve them all
a battle for the pennant.
WILSON NEW CAPTAIN
. OF PENN STATE FIVE
Slate College, ra., March 30. Lloyd
L. Wilson, 1819. of Beaver Kails Pa,
setterday was elected captain of Penn
sylvania State's basketball quintet for
next season, l'or the last two seasons
the captain-elect has played as guard on
one of the strongest cage team that
have worn the Blue and Whlto for the
last decade. Only three defeats were suf
fered In twenty-seven games. Wilson is
raa-lutered as a student In the dunart.
ment of mN:hanlcal engineering, and Ja
INNOCENT BYSTANDER ALMOST
LOSES ARM WHEN DRAGGED BY
LUDERUS INTO PITCHED BATTLE ;
Phils' Captain Takes Advantage of Friendship
and Sends Raymond C. Cannon to Face
Fire of Brave Bats
Uj HOMJKT
.Miami, I In., March 30.
IS alnujs tho case It Is tho inno
A
cent lis slander who cets Into
troublo or shot hi tlio leir or something
whenever troublo occurs. Yesterday tho
' Ifnnil nl.l .I..... un.. ,..- , .. .....
rw, ..ii, tiujiii itrii una io iorm wneii
ono of tho most Innocent bsstandcrs
In tho world was dragged Into a ball
game and forced to pitch to a big
leaguo club for four and one-third In
nings until his arm flopped helpless at
his side Hiid the burzards hovered above,
ready to grab the useless member as
soon as It dropped off As a lesult the
Ph''lles Inst a ball gamo mid u gentle
in in named Ha) mom! r Cannon, of
Mllnaukee. Wis, almost ot Ills life
' t In n sad story when ono looks over
Iho sordid details 'I ho Phils came here
with a (lock of rookies and a quartet
of regulars to battle the Itravea In n
three. canie set for tho championship of
southern riorlda. or something like
that on 1 hursday three pitchers worked
out and after tho gamo thcro was
nothing wrong with them but thrco lame
anus and tlireo strained backs They
wem good for tho next gamo In anv
capatlts except that of plti her, and an
thev lould do nothing else, they were
finite valuable to tho ball club lis a
cheering sicllon
1'ich.H on rriend
1'icd Luderus tho liard-woiklng cap
tain, was In a quindirj. He knew that
a ball i lub lonslsted of eight ptaci
and a pitcher ami went on a still hunt
to fill tho gap When ho was about Ju.
give It up as a bad Job mid fly the
slgnil of distress, bis glance happened
to fall on t'annon, his bosom friend and
tompinioii, vi ho camo down South to
lako a vacation and the rest t ure. I.udy
icmenibered that t'annon onco was the
star pltihcr on the Marquetlo College
nine, wherever that Is. and took ad
vantage ot his long friendship to Insert
him Into tho fiaj as a big lciguo
Pitcher
Cannon at Hist dcniuriid, lnlstlng
tliat ho was a lawver and not a pit' her.
After he started to pitch, howevtr, no
fuither argument was ncccssarv livers
one knew- bn vias .i liwser and he mado
It unanimous after four stormy sessions
He had a hauling delivers-, which con
sisted of a slow- ball and a slower one.
Ho fooled overs- ono except tho Hotoii
batters, but by a nilratlo only six runs
wero scored It would have been six
hundred anil wo arc not knocklrg tho
prominent attorney from Mlwaukee,
Wis He did tlu best he could, but the
Jury of bill fans gave him tho hooK
Hen Tlucup was dragged out of right
Hrlil ,,fier ono was out In tho fifth
1,1.1117.1 und llin bases irowded to tho
water's edge, and allowed but three hits-
while on tho mount! Ills pals. How
ever, fall down on tho job and the
battle was lost by our Phils
Tho Phillies aie In tf rriblo shape, and
no one knows what will happen today.
'J hero are no pitchers except -lineup,
and ho worked himself out xcsterdas
I jwj jjjy JJAVEN LATEST
i Iltnnrn pnR ,ua uftlTT
BIDDER I' OK B1U UUU 1
College Town and Baltimore the Only
j Ones in the East,
Available
Xrw lurk. March SO Iho heavy
weight championship battle between Jess
Wlllard and Krefl Pulton Julv 4 will be
held ut New- Hiven or Baltimore, if It
Is staged In the Hast,
Colonel J Cr Mllkr. who has tho light
ers signed up, said today that Investlga
tion of eastern sites for the bout lndl
i itu these two cities aro the only ones
available for a bout over tho cliampion-
i ship distance
WILL WORK BY CLOCK
IN NATIONAL LEAGUE
Tcner Says Club Owners Have
No Intention of Beating
Daylight Law
i
New York, March 30.
"lbero will bo hut little dlfferenco In
tho tlmo of starting hall games In the
National League under tho da) light sav
ings plan," said President John K. Toner
today when told that baseball owners
who planned to start games ono hour
liter h id been branded a slackers by
Cliarles Ii Pack, of the National War
Ciaidcu Commission
"Mr. Pack Is evidently anticipating
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i "..' , i.h. i,i,lui ,.ii, n,mer
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but speaking for tho National League
I do not expect thcro will be moro than
fifteen minutes' difference. Peoplo will
not chango their dinner hour under the
new plan. Wo could not expect baseball
S m aUBwork bV the clock Jst its wo
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havo before."
MakhlnKtoii, March 30 "Muckers oi
the worst brand" was tho stamp placca
todav by Charles Lathrop Pack,
president of tho National War Gar
den Commission, upon organized basc-
1 all managers who are said to have
decided to start their games an houi
later under the daylight saving plan.
When das light saving comes Into
effect tho baseball game that usually
starts at 3 o'clock will really start at
2 o'clock In the afternoon, and bv ad
vancing the time ono hour, und having
the games start at 4 o'clock, they really
would stairt at 3 o'clock, as before.
Mr. Pack who advocated the da) light
saving ma8Uro In order to give men and
women moro tlmo to work in gardens, I
tho llrst to take a shot ut the sports pro
moters who may take advantage of the
bill
"If baseball men move forward the
hour of starting games It may mean
extra money In tho box office, but it Is
certainly a violation Of the spirit of the
ln..r" Iia unlit luat nis-ht. "TflA iliillirhl
mavl'ng law- wasi Intended to Increase das-
light usefulness In war work and was
not Intended to give extra hours for
the' pa t"of l.e'.eVilfl! c'.ubs'Totake
u'i'a'atagn of tho law for their own profit
not the uttltudo of those In control
of the great national gamo In our big
leagues,"
NATIONAL A. A.
Itth and Catharine Htrtela
SVTCRDAY KVENl.VO. MARCH 30TII
U II I IE MOORK - JIMVIY MK'.UIK
"lltU nVjSNO r 1,1.0 VINCKST
HILL TATK v. tIKO. (KI1 IIITTO.V
Jack McCarron ti. Soldier Bartfield
IK KKTtt AT IIONAOHY'H. S3 8, HTII ST.
"tlW. -jvawm .raw"-"'
Lew Tendler ti. Irisk Patty Cline
rrlrra ftOe. ai.OO. M.00. (3.00
olympia A. A."7;;Vi SgtfiVr
MONDAY r.VKNsJ"rAPKlKri " ""'
if Htanle va. ilattllna Oilfk
Youna ,RoMdau v. Ma minx Wald
fw
I'M! Bloom, va. At It aaner
la Waiaod v.. Tarrr hrooka
V. MAXWELL
Joo Oochger Is on tho injured lint unci
Cannon does not carry enough accident
Insurance to talto another chance.
Oeschgcr hurt his kneo last night, and
while doing that little thing Jack Adamj
the catcher, nlso Joined tho cripples. Joe
and Jack wero seated In tho lobby of
tho Urmey Hotel talking over the war
when some person In a spirit of plj.
fulness, threw- a baseball bat Up In the
air. It was a great Joko and drew much
applause and laughter when tlio bat
landed on two knees simultaneous
Adams struggled to his feet and llmperi
nwas-, white, Oeschgcr was barely able
to walk They ftlt btlft and tore this
morning mid It was doubtful f they
would bo able to appear In tho llnc-up
in the closing game
The team down here Is not a rente.
sentatlvo Phlladelphlt club There arj
pttjerK on It who will never sen iV,!i
big town and soon will lo out In' ihzM
brush plus lug bush league baseball. I'aLS
ST.. ... .. 1.1- . t ""!
ni ..ii ...o uiiiMiiii iu mm ii iiiiv nun e
as Ills cron of hoM-iins gtinnnil un the
line-tip. They expected to Into threo
giniei and tlio tlu gamo on Thursday '
was a big surprise Although Uostcn l
weak, thq Phils have as much ihancn 'H
oi iiuiiiiiiK iiw i.uuuisoii i rusoe had of
getting injured In a mob rush on tlmt
Island. 1'or that reason the Phllmlel.
phla fans should not lako this series
too strloiislv The Phils will lu a
good team as soon as the holdouts stray
into tho fold (
Brave Holdouts in 1'uld
Speaking of holdouts, tho Doston cluh
seems to luvo settled that problem for
1918 ut least Yesterdav l.M Konetchy
strolled In fiom ht Iol and hail a
short i-onft renoc with Stalling unit
Hnughtoii. Ho stateil bis terms and thev
wero accepted A short time afterward
word was inched from Mctlrau- that
Infleldcr Jininiv Sin'lh would bo turned
over to .stallings In the llerog deal
and that rleared up tho liitleld situation.'
MnllhisM has bei n after Smith alt
winter, but the New- "York club was not
anxious to ptrt with the outhfuI sec
ond baseni in Tho Uostou club lnlMed.
however, and while the deal was bang
ing tiro the Herog matter was allowed
lo slide. Now that It has been settled,
Herzog will be plven the money he ks
for and tho stoilny petrel will Join th
club next week Manager Stallings
wired Ilerzlo to meet hlni in Jackson
ville tomorrow- to talk things over.
Ho xv Ut bo paid the J10 000 his con
tract calls for. $t!00 for c-tptilnlng tho
club and a bonus of f 2400 This will
net hlni $13,000 for the Feaon Vothlng
his been said, however, about extending
Ids contract another je-r
The Phils will leave here tonight for
St. I'ete. and with anv kind of luck
should arrlvo at tho training cimp late
Sunday night All of next week will be
devoted to hard work and the team will
leavo for the northern tilp on Sunday,
April 7
SWIMMING STARS
TO MEET TONIGHT
The Misses Dorfner, Galli-
gan, Boyle and Darby in
5UU-Yard invent
MAY BREAK RECORD
Detroit, Mich, Marcn 30
The first of tho series of swlmmlnl
events to decide the women's national
Amateur Athl"tlc Union Indoor cham
pionship? at the vai Ions distances will
be held here tonight In the pool of the
Detroit Athletic Club The event to
night Is the 500-sards fice stjle race.
It Is possible that a new- world's rec
ord may be established in tins event, J,
four of the leading mermaids of the
eountr) Olga Dorfner, of the Philadel
phia Turngemelndo; Clalro Galllgan and
Charlotte Boyle, of New York, and
Tbelnia Darby, the fourteen-year-old
swimmer of Indianaoplls arc among tho
larire number of entrants.
Miss Dorfner. accompanied by her MM
Mnlma ii a. tlm lait- rs.t til A ritl .ftf.tnWTl iK V
competitor- to arrlvo In this city. She
arrived vesterday morning and after
resting a few hours v islted tho Detroit WM
A. C pool tojlmbcr up ner snnenea
inusilcs.
Other nnlvals yesterday wero Char
lotto Boyle. Thclnia Darbs-, Ituth Smith
and Kleanor Smith, twin slstcrp, of the
Athletic Club of Columbus. Miss Calll
gan Is cMpeeted somo tlmo today.
Kegardless of tho Result ot the COO-j
sard raco tho four start will meet again
i ii, uniinnni ino-v.srd clianuilonshlit.
raio at tho Illinois A C. at Chltaia.
rir t vises Galilean. Dorfner anl
Bo)lo going thero directly after their.
Detroit races, while Miss Darby will
return to Indianapolis and rest there D.
foro tho Chicago meet.
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